CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- During tackle Rob Bains first two seasons at Illinois, the defense he was part of lacked an identity.Statistically, it was the Big Tens worst in a number of categories, and a key reason the Illini won 10 games combined in 2013 and 14.Lovie Smiths best Chicago defenses were creators of chaos -- picking off passes, forcing fumbles and scoring points. Smith hopes some of that brand of NFL defense pays off at Illinois, where he will coach his first game Saturday against Murray State.That philosophy is distilled in one symbol hanging on the teams meeting room wall. Its a football on a spring, mounted on plaque that bears the words STRIP, PUNCH, YANK and, above them all, TAKEAWAYS.We talk a lot about takeaways, Smith said. Defensive players dont come through the doors unless they hit (the ball).For Bain, defensive identity starts with Smiths Tampa 2, essentially the same base defense the Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers ran when he was in charge of those teams and played by defensive legends like Warren Sapp, Simeon Rice and John Lynch -- players the Illini say they now regularly watch clips of. Bain says linemen will need to be disruptors, creating opportunities for the players behind them.When you have a defensive line, just a defense designed to constantly get pressure on the quarterback and put the offense in hectic situations, I think that its definitely a big advantage and benefit to the secondary, where they can kind of just sit back, see whats going on, he said. And theres more opportunities for them to make plays.Illinois defense has frequently been a liability the past few seasons.In 2013 and 2014 it was at or near the back of the conference in points given up, often leaving the Illini offense to try to outgun high-scoring opponents.Similarly, the Illini didnt create many turnovers those years, finishing with a minus-10 turnover ratio in 2013 and minus-3 in 2014.Last season was better, with 21 total turnovers, four more than the offense gave up.But at their best, Smiths Bears were turnover machines. The 2004 and 2005 teams both allowed fewer than 20 points a game. Between them those teams forced 63 turnovers and scored nine touchdowns over 32 regular season games.Through training camp, a lot of the talk among Illini players focused on Bain and the rest of the line: fellow tackle Chunky Clements and defensive ends Carroll Phillips and Dawuane Smoot. Between them they had 36.5 tackles for losses and 12.5 sacks, with eight of those sacks Smoots.They say they believe they can be one of the best lines in the country.After facing them in practice, Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt thinks theyre ready to create the kind of disruption Bain talked about.Were going against a great defensive line every day. When theyre in your face and its more game-like, youve got to react to it and get the ball out of your hands, he said.Late in one of the last days of preseason camp, a ball thrown to a cross-field receiver popped high in the air. A defender somewhere along the way got a touch with a hand or an arm or a helmet. From behind the end zone it wasnt clear what body part or even which defender was responsible in the mass of bodies swarming the ball.The ball came down and a defender pulled it in. It was one of those hectic moments Bain mentioned and the defense has the ball.More or less all defensive philosophies are the same -- everyones got to be accountable for their gaps, Bain explained. But I think this defense hones in especially on everyone running to the ball, the effort, the attitude, and everyone being playmakers.---Follow David Mercer on Twitter: (at)davidmercerAP---Online:AP College football: http://collegefootball.ap.org/Yeezy Boost 350 Kopen . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Yeezy 700 Nederland . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . http://www.yeezysnederland.com/yeezy-350-v2-nederland/non-reflective.html . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. Yeezys Aanbieding . PETERSBURG, Fla. Yeezys Nederland .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury.CLEVELAND -- Sometimes youve just got to make it up as you go along, and thats exactly what the Houston Astros are doing.Day-to-day is a good description for us right now in September, manager A.J. Hinch said. Weve got guys here who didnt expect to be starting or even in the big leagues right now, so were just trying to get through this series.An injury to ace Dallas Keuchel has caused a shakeup in the Astros starting rotation. Tuesday they recalled Brad Peacock from Triple-A Fresno so he could start Tuesdays game against the Indians. That start was supposed to go to Keuchel, but he was scratched and is out indefinitely with left shoulder inflammation.Joe Musgrove was supposed to start Thursdays series finale in Cleveland, but David Paulino was also recalled from Fresno on Tuesday and he will make his major league debut Thursday. Musgroves start has been pushed back to Friday.Despite all the maneuvering, the Astros have pitched well in the first two games of the series, winning them both and outscoring Cleveland 10-5.The Astros have won three in a row overall and will try to make it four in a row Wednesday when they send Doug Fister (12-10, 3.91) to the mound against Clevelands Carlos Carrasco (10-7, 3.06).Fister has struggled of late. In his last five starts he is 2/3 with a 6.23 ERA. In one start against the Indians this year he pitched seven innings and gave up two runs and six hits. In 15 career starts versus Cleveland he is 5-3 with a 2.72 ERA.Carrasco has been pitcching well lately.dddddddddddd In his last three starts he is 2-1 with a 1.40 ERA, with 28 strikeouts and two walks in 19 innings. He has not faced the Astros this year. In five career appearances -- four starts -- against Houston he is 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA.The Indians need a good start from Carrasco because their offense has been spinning its wheels in the first two games against the Astros. In the first inning Tuesday night the Indians had runners at second and third and no outs, with the middle of the order coming up, but failed to score.That was a big turn of events. We have runners at second and third and no outs and dont score, and then they come back with three (in the top of the second), manager Terry Francona said.Indians cleanup hitter Mike Napoli was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the game. Napoli leads the Indians in home runs with 30, but he has hit only one since Aug. 11. The Indians could use some more production from their cleanup hitter.Francona, however, is familiar with Napolis player profile and the manager is willing to wait for the big bang he knows is coming.Hes getting his hits. He just isnt hitting them out of the park, Francona said. His home runs tend to come in bunches. We know, with his swing, there are some strikeouts in there, but were willing to wait for the good because we know it far outweighs the not so good. ' ' '